The International Botev Prize is a prestigious Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n award, presented to individuals with significant accomplishments in the field of literature

Literature

Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...

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It was established in 1972 and is named after Hristo Botev

Hristo Botev

Hristo Botev , born Hristo Botyov Petkov , was a Bulgarian poet and national revolutionary. Botev is widely considered by Bulgarians to be a symbolic historical figure and national hero.-Early years:...

, an iconic Bulgarian revolutionary and poet.

Awarded

This list is incomplete. The award is presented in different categories every 5 years. The International Botev Prize was not awarded between 1986 and 1996.

1976

Alexey Surkov (1976) Nicolás Guillén

Nicolás Guillén

Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista was a Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer. He is best remembered as the national poet of Cuba.Guillén was born in Camagüey, Cuba...

 (1976) Pierre Seghers

Pierre Seghers

Pierre Seghers was a French poet and editor. During the Second World War he took part in the French Resistance movement....

 (1976) László Nagy

László Nagy (poet)

László Nagy was a Hungarian poet.-Life:On 20 August 1952, he married Margaret . In 1953, their son Andrew was born....

 (1976)

1981

Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti Merello was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27....

 (1981) Ahmad al-Ahmad (1981) Miroslav Krleža

Miroslav Krleža

Miroslav Krleža was a leading Croatian and Yugoslav writer and the dominant figure in cultural life of both Yugoslav states, the Kingdom and the Republic . He has often been proclaimed the greatest Croatian writer of the 20th century.-Biography:Miroslav Krleža was born in Zagreb, modern-day...

 (1981) Rasul Gamzatov

Rasul Gamzatov

Rasul Gamzatovich Gamzatov was probably the most famous poet writing in the Avar language. Among his poems was Zhuravli, which became a well-known Soviet song....

 (1981)

1986

Günter Wallraff

Günter Wallraff

Günter Wallraff is a famous German writer and undercover journalist.-Research methods:Wallraff came to prominence thanks to his striking journalistic research methods and several major books on lower class working conditions and tabloid journalism...

 (1986) Nil Gilevich (1986) Mario Benedetti

Mario Benedetti

Mario Benedetti was an Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet....

 (1986) Dmitro Pavlichko (1986)